Spaghetti Monster said "..... all of sudden concerned for people’s lives.
Instead of banning assault weapons make smoking illegal ....
Instead of banning assault weapons, slow traffic down with governors.....
Well if it’s only about saving lives with all you altruistic gun toters then how about you get rid of your internet, sell your guns, and send all that money to a third world country and save millions of lives?
It’s not about that though is it. It’s about getting your way regardless. At least stand up and own it. Don’t try and hide behind reasons of altruism. It’s unbecoming. "
Well you totally missed the point. The point is that we have a government that believes if you take the legal right of gun ownership away from legally licenced people, that will stop murders and violence.
All that these replies are is for comparison value.
The government will spend piles of our money on firearm regulation (that is already pretty strict), and they preach that it will save lives.
These comparison post just point out how many more lives could be spared by slowing down cars or banning smoking.
They say "do people really need a hand gun or Semi auto rifle"? I say do people really need a street bike that can go 200 mph or a corvette that can do the same?
Statistics show that speed related auto fatalities are way higher than gun related fatalities. If it a concern for lives, then regulate accordingly.
Take some time and look into how many violent crimes with firearms were committed with legally obtained firearms.
Criminals get their guns illegally. Do you honestly think that making a hand gun even more illegal will stop a criminal from shooting someone? Then maybe we should make murder a crime! Oh wait it already is... So why are people still killing people?
There are articles right here on e-brandon showing home made guns that the Brandon police found. I Guess making guns illegal will also stop that from happening.
I can guarantee you that I can lay any one of my guns on my table and it will not jump up and kill anyone. but at the same time the intersection by my house has had 5 people killed and 3 severely injured in the past 18 month from vehicles blowing the stop sign. it wasn't the cars decisions to not stop, it was human decision. Just like pulling the trigger is human decision. making it illegal to not stop at a stop sign didn't save lives in these cases just like making it illegal to own a gun wont save lives.
Anyone who has the mindset that banning guns will make the country safe should also believe that we will no longer require law enforcement to carry weapons because they wont need one either, because if guns are banned then the criminals will not have any.
After that all we have to do is ban meth, cocaine, heroine, and all the other drugs, ban sexual assault, ban theft and robbery. Hell the world will be all rainbows and lollypops, because if its banned there will be no illegal market for all of that either